TOBACCO POLICIES. NOT EVERYONE THINKS IT IS NECESSARY. THE DECISION TO STOP SELLING TOBACCO PRODUCTS WILL COST THE COMPANY AN ESTIMATED $2 BILLION EVERY YEAR BUT THE POSITIVE PRESS IS PROVING TO BE PRETTY VALUABLE. WHEN CVS ANNOUNCED THAT TOBACCO WOULD NOT BE PART OF ITS RETAIL MENU, NEW HAMPSHIRE'S ATTORNEY GENERAL SAW AN OPPORTUNITY. WE ARE TRYING TO SEND A STRONG MESSAGE. HE IS ONE OF MORE THAN TWO DOZEN STATE ATTORNEY GENERALS TO PUT PRESSURE ON OTHER PHARMACEUTICAL CHAINS TO STOP SELLING TOBACCO PRODUCTS. IT SEEMS LOGICAL TO ME THAT ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE AS THEIR PRIMARY PURPOSE PROVIDING HEALTH CARE SHOULD NOT BE SELLING TOBACCO. SMOKING COSTS THE PEOPLE OF OUR STATE THEIR HEALTH AND A COST THE STATE DOLLARS AS WELL. THE MORE WE CAN DO TO DISCOURAGE SMOKING AND TO REDUCE IT, THE BETTER WE WILL BE. THE BIG CHAIN PHARMACIES HAVE ONLY COMMITTED TO REVIEWING THE CURRENT POLICIES, . IT IS A CONFLICT BETWEEN THE BOTTOM LINE AND CONSUMER HEALTH. SOME FEEL IT IS EXAMPLE OF GOVERNMENT MELLOWING -- M EDDLING. I DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD TRY TO ENFORCE THAT. I DON'T SMOKE BUT I THINK IF PEOPLE WANT TO, LACES LIKE THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO SELL IT. YOU HAVE TO SELL MEDICATION TO HELP THE PEOPLE STOP SMOKING. THE STATE IS NOT TAKING ANY OFFICIAL ACTION TO TRY TO BAN